Posted by carriejane on August 1, 2004, at 5:20:43
Ive tried prosac mirtazapine and citalapram without sucess, now im on my 6th day of efexor. The way my depression affects me is i feel fear alot of the time, especially leading up to and actually being in crowded places, or new places, or even when i think people are looking at me. I often feel unacceptable, ugly or freakish even though logically i know i am not.
I sweat, and become angry inside. I used alcohol in teens along with speed and extasy, because of a troubled childhood, then i progressed to heroin which at the time i thought was the answer to my prayers, the peace inside id craved all my life. I ended up in rehab, did lots of extension treatments ie: secondary and 3rd stage. So there was counselling etc. Anyway since coming off the heroin and all the therapy, i still feel this fear often, i lack motivation, i find intimacy soo hard, and alot of the time i feel resentful of waking up at all. Sleep is salvation.
Has anyone else been through similar? And tried efexor, how long will it take to kick in?
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